Staveleigh Medical Centre seeks a Practice Nurse to join its primary care team, serving around 8,200 patients in the local community. The work centres on long-term condition reviews, immunisations, cervical screening and health promotion, with patient education to support self-management. The post is part-time and flexible within a well-established practice, working alongside GPs, healthcare assistants and the wider multidisciplinary team. Current NMC registration as an adult nurse and prior general practice experience are essential.
What the job involves
- Deliver general practice nursing services and clinical procedures
- Support management of long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD and hypertension, including reviews and care planning
- Administer immunisations and vaccinations in line with national and local guidelines
- Undertake cervical screening in line with current protocols
- Promote health and wellbeing through opportunistic advice and health promotion clinics
- Provide patient education to support self-management
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records
- Work with GPs, healthcare assistants and the wider multidisciplinary team
- Take part in infection prevention and control procedures
- Support quality improvement initiatives and audit activity
- Keep knowledge and competencies up to date, and take part in training, appraisal and professional development
- Work within the NMC Code of Conduct and scope of practice, upholding confidentiality and data protection
Qualifications
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Qualification in cervical screening, or willingness to train
- Immunisation and vaccination training, or willingness to complete it
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration as an adult nurse
Experience
- Previous experience in general practice or primary care
- Experience managing long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD and hypertension
- Experience administering vaccinations and immunisations across the lifespan
- Experience of cervical screening procedures
- Experience of phlebotomy and routine clinical procedures
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of current evidence-based practice in primary care nursing
- Competence in chronic disease management and patient education
- Confident working independently while contributing to a team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise workload in a busy clinical setting
- Commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care
- IT competence, with experience of clinical systems such as TPP SystmOne, Ardens or AccuRx
What’s offered
- Support for professional development and continuous learning
- Positive work-life balance
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
